I live about 35 miles outside of Chicago. I am really excited about the Tinley show but the Sewerfest is good and it is quick run from Chicago. There is a small show every couple weeks at the Lake County Fair Grounds with all local breeders.

Last month there where some nice snakes there, carpet pythons, lots of Spider, Pastel balls (not a whole lot of expensive morphs though). They did have alot of geckos and corns

* There is supposedly a semi private show in Lake Forest that my vet told me about in Sept. I will see if I can hunt down the guys phone number for you. My vet told me about this one, it is not open to the public like alot of other reptile shows but they have seminars and it is open to herp lovers on a semi invitation level